Meeting Emily

Mom's friend Emily came out to visit the day after Thanksgiving.  I had never met her because she is an ER doctor in the Army and currently is stationed in Alaska! After she was done reading to me, she and Dad got to talk about being an ER doc (Mom was happy because Daddy could vent to someone who actually understood); she also told Mom and Dad a little about her experience serving in Afghanistan.  Thanks so much Em for coming to visit and for the sacrifices you make serving our country! I loved meeting you and hope to see you again soon!!

Thanks for reading to me, Em! 

from Mom: So glad you got to meet Lilly -- thanks for making the trek out to see us!!
It was so nice to spend some time with you!

Gobble Gobble

Mom, Dad, Taki and I all journeyed up to New England for Thanksgiving because Dad had the whole week off!  We went to Babchi and Papa's first in New Hampshire, then down to Gram and D's in Massachusetts.  I had lots of fun spending time with my family and eating lots of good food!!

Yup, we're back in New England! (Vermont to be specific!)

Yay for snow and 13 degree weather!

Thanks for the yummy cupcakes Babchi!

help! I'm trapped! 

I had fun playing outside with Babchi

I love trot trot this way!!
(Mom's not so thrilled because it's much harder to bounce me this way!)

 

Off to visit Big Babchi!
Auntie Stella, Auntie Sue and Uncle Dave all came by to say hi, too! 

Thanks for sharing your snacks, Uncle Dave!

 

I love you, Big Babchi!

Out to eat with Papa and Babchi -- Bertucci's pizza is yummy!

 Off to Westminster! 

Making Rice Krispy Treats with Gram!

This is fun!

Playing with the awesome musical box... 

more pictures?? really??

It's my belly button!

ooooo... Great Mummu's walker is fun to play with!

Fun with Babchi!

coloring at my table

I love you, Great Nana, Great Mummu and Auntie Carly!

Dog bath!

Taki was getting a bit stinky, so mom decided to give her a bath before Thanksgiving. I don't think Taki liked it very much, but I tried to make her feel better by sharing my bath toys with her.

After her bath, she went crazy!! I thought it was super funny. Hopefully, she will smell better after all of this!!! 

 

Washington D.C.

Mom went down to Washington D.C. for the first time to go to a Cushing Alumni event.  She was super excited when she found a Caribou Coffee (her favorite coffee that she hadn't had since Chicago!), so she got a drink and walked down to the White House area.  She had a nice walk downtown and was excited to finally see the White House; she ran out of time to walk around the whole property, but said that she and Daddy will take me sometime so I can see everything with them! I stayed with Kinley and Carter, since Dad was working, and had fun playing with them. 

Thinking about getting into trouble with Kinley...

Play date

Kinley and Carter came over to play tonight so their mommy and daddy could go on a date night.  (My mom and dad went on a date night a few nights earlier and I stayed with Kinley and Carter... not sure what's so special about these date nights, but all the grownups seem to like leaving us kids for them!!) We had yummy enchiladas and then watched The Incredibles; Kinley and I even sat still and watched for about 2 minutes! Then Kinley and I got a bath, which was fun because we got to play with my new bath letters and numbers! Thanks for coming over to play!

one of these days, maybe we will let mom or Amber get a good picture of all three of us... this is the best so far...

(note from Mom: it was a miracle!! they all sat still for about 2 minutes!!)

Swim Swim Swim!

I've been taking swimming lessons again this fall, and though I don't like them quite as much as I did last spring, I still have fun.  Daddy came to watch today and took pictures of me swimming with Mom.  It was one of my better days, as I didn't yell as much as usual, though I still can't remember how to kick my legs like I did last spring... maybe I will remember in a few weeks...

Getting some instruction from Miss Amy

so tired... swimming is hard work!

is it nap time yet?